Thank You For Smoking

Чa fait longtemps que je n'ai pas vu un aussi bon film, un film aussi puissant et drєle, tout aussi touchant et щmouvant. Thank You For Smoking de Jason Reitman [IMDB] est une satire politique et sociale, une comщdie de la morale et de l'щthique, une caricature cynique du modшle amщricain, du capitalisme, de l'individualisme, de la famille, de Hollywood, du journalisme, du business, du pouvoir, et de l'argent, surtout de l'argent. Tout y passe, subtilement mais efficacement.

Que du bonheur.

J'ai me suis particuliшrement dщlectщ de cette conversation entre Nick Naylor, le lobbyiste pour les compagnies de tabac, et son fils Joey :

Joey : So, what happens when you're wrong?.
Nick : Well, Joey, I'm neverwrong.
- But you can't always be right.
- Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong.
- But what if you are wrong?
- Okay, let's say that you're defending chocolate and I'm defending vanilla. Now, if l were to say to you, "Vanilla's the best flavor ice cream", you'd say...?
- "No, chocolate is."
- Exactly. But you can't win that argument. So, I'll ask you-
So you think chocolate is the end-all and be-all of ice cream, do you?.
- It's the best ice cream; I wouldn't order any other.
- Oh. So it's all chocolate for you, is it?
- Yes, chocolate is all I need.
- Well, I need more than chocolate. And for that matter, I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom and choice when it comes to our ice cream, and that, Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty.
- But that's not what we're talking about.
- Ah, but that's what I'm talking about.
- But... you didn't prove that vanilla's the best.
- I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong, and if you're wrong, I'm right.
- But you still didn't convince me.
- 'Cause I'm not after you. I'm after them.

On croirait entendre George Bush dщblatщrer sur l'Irak !

thank you for smoking George Bush